The Company
Our client is a market leading FMCG manufacturer. Due to restructure, they are now looking to recruit and Production Operations Manager.
The Role
* Will be working a permanent day shift overseeing around 100 staff.
* You will manage the departmental process to meet all appropriate performance metrics including HS&E, Quality, Cost and Delivery, ensuring the production of quality product to the design specification.
* Managing the overall department performance in line with company targets.
* Responsibility for a departmental headcount of over 100 employees, working a mix of shift patterns.
* Includes four direct report Shift Leaders.
* Identify and eliminate waste within area of responsibility together with direct report and supporting departments.
* Lead and facilitate improvement projects. Managing through teamwork and continuous improvement methodology.
* Provide cross functional support to other production areas.
* Main point of contact for supporting departments to review and develop resolutions as well as prioritising planned work activity.
* Lead departmental performance reviews and facilitate any necessary actions.
* Co-ordinate the Shift Leaders and Planning Dept on schedule adherence and capacity requirements.
* Manage and maintain high levels of discipline and consistency.
* Coach and develop subordinates via regular 1 to 1 activity to achieve set objectives.
* Evaluate training and development plans for dept team.
* Engage with union representatives and support on personnel issues to ensure localised concerns or disputes are resolved before formal escalation.
* Identify capital improvement opportunities and provide justification report.
The Person
* Must have experience in a similar role within manufacturing or engineering.
* A structured thinker, completer/finisher with strong motivational, influencing and interpersonal skills and high degree of resilience.
* Extensive leadership knowledge and experience, able to demonstrate sound hands-on operational experience of successfully managing people within a manufacturing environment.
* Excellent continuous improvement experience, able to manage change and improvements in a fast-developing continuous improvement culture environment.
* The ability to manage teams, projects, priorities and able to implement and sustain continuous improvement values.
* Logical problem solver with excellent fault-finding abilities.
The Benefits
* Attractive base salary.
* Working for a forward-thinking growing business.
* Good company T’s and C’s